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Unless you're a native speaker, it's easy to get confused by some Italian expressions. Here are a few useful and interesting expressions that I've encountered in Italy. There are Italian expressions with very familiar English equivalents...   "Chi dorme non piglia pesci" Direct translation: Who sleeps doesn't catch fish – What...

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The Department of Romance Languages at Tufts University has an opening for a part-time lecturer in Italian language to teach one or two courses in the Fall 2014 term with the possibility of renewal in the Spring 2015 term.   QUALIFICATIONS B.A. or equivalent required; M.A. or equivalent preferred. Previous college-level teaching experience...

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Before you can graduate from Olive Garden's endless breadstick basket, you need to know how to actually say your entree choice. Pointing at the menu and hoping the server says it first can only get you so far.   To keep you from looking totally dumb during your next OG trip, we created this handy pronunciation guide to popular Italian dishes...

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Roma 06 Febbraio 2013Nasce oggi "CLIQ – Certificazione Lingua Italiana di Qualità", l'acronimo che rivoluziona la certificazione della conoscenza della lingua italiana all'estero.E' lo stesso Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi ad annunciare il lancio del nuovo sistema di certificazione unificato, che consentirà all'Italia di disporre di un marchio...

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Sono quasi 600.000, per la precisione 577.215, gli studenti di lingua italiana nel mondo censiti dalla Direzione Generale per la promozione del Sistema Paese del MAE, che ha presentato oggi i dati della sua ricerca in occasione del convegno "Parliamone: l'italiano come risorsa" alla Farnesina.   Ad illustrare lo studio è stato Stefano Zanini...

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My last name is Italian. Unfortunately, that's all I really knew about the Italian side of my family. Most of my Italian ancestors died a long time ago, and my family wasn't in touch with those still living.   My father once tried to research our family tree, but reached a dead end with my great-grandparents, who both died before 1950. &nb...

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Insieme a Chicago is introducing a special opportunity for kids ages 4-7 and 7-10 to attend a unique bilingual story-time with a special guest from Italy, Sara Corsini. The event will take place on Sunday, March 29th from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at St Michael Church Parish Center–1633 N. Cleveland Ave, Chicago.   Two sessions will be available:...

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Globus et Locus, insieme al Center for Italian Studies della University of Pennsylvania, il Consolato italiano a Philadelphia e AISLLI (Associazione Internazionale per gli Studi di Lingua e Letteratura Italiana), organizza un Convegno internazionale dal titolo "Italicity. Languages of Italy in United States between traditionand innovation" che si t...

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Beginning July 1, 2015. Assistant professor (tenure-track) in Italian. Primary focus: medieval/early modern Italian studies (literature, culture and the visual arts). Historical, interdisciplinary and intercultural breadth essential.   The successful candidate will have a proven record of scholarship in medieval and/or early modern Italian S...

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  WTI Magazine #52    2015 January, 23Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com      Translation by:   Today we start from how to pronounce vowels. As we have already said, the particular events that have characterized the history of the Italian language, an idiom mainly used in writing for centuries, have had very significant reflections...

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